Improvement in tent-ventilators



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH W.` ELLIS, OF AUGUSTA, MAINE.

IM PROVEM ENT IN TENT-VENTILATORS.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. ELLIS, of Augusta, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Army-Tent; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and eXact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying 1c llrawings, which form apart of this speciticalon.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved tent; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, a side view of the portion of the top of said tent; and Fig. 4 a top view of a perforated collar g, which is used in the construction of my said improved tent.

The form and arrangement of the respective parts of my improved army-tent is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings.

The round and tapering canvas body A of my improved tent is suspended from a shoulder near the upper end of the tent-pole D by means of the perforated collargand the cords p p, as shown in Fig. 2.

The expanded and conical-shaped canvas cap C, which is poised upon the oval head of the pole D, and which is kept in any desired position by means of the guy-ropesh h, serves the purpose of allowing the air to circulate freely through the open top of the body of the tent, and also of preventing the rain from entering the Said open top of the body of the tent.

The guy-ropes 7L h are secured to the hoop s. (which gives shape to the base of the cap (3,) and thence they pass down obliquely through the eyelet-holes in the sides of the body of the tent to the bclaying-buttons l l, that are secured to the sides of the tent-pole D, as shown in Fig. 2.

For the purpose of guarding against a driving storm, or for more eifectually arresting the passing breeze, the tent-cap C may be secured in an oblique position, as represented in Fig. 3, by a proper adjustment of the guy-ropes h h.

The body of my improved tent is of such a length as to allow a space of about three feet between the bottom thereof and the ground, when'it is properly suspended and expanded by means of the pole D, the perforated collar g, the ropes p p, the guys WL m, and the pins n n, as shown in Fig. 2.

A few inches above the bottom of the body A of my improved tent a canvas curtain B is stitched to the inner surface thereof, the width of which curtain is such that it will reach the ground when it is allowed to hang freely.

The loops j j, which are secured to the lower edge of the curtain B, in connection with the inner series of fastening-pins k k, which are driven into into the ground, enable the bottom of the curtain B to be securely fastened to the ground whenever it may be desirable thus to so secure it, and the same loops j j, in connection with the buttons i t', that are secured high up on the inner surface of the main body A of the tent, enable the curtain B to be caught up and retained in the position represented in Fig. 2 for the purpose of allowing the freest circulation of air through the tent.

When it is desired to strike my improved tent, all that is necessary to be done to accomplish that object is to detach the guys h h from the pole D, and also the guys m m and the curtain-loops j j from the pins 'n n and k la. When this is done, the tent will fall over onto its side, and the pole D can be freely withdrawn therefrom.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Suspending the open upper end of the tapering body A of my improved tent to a shoulder near the upper end of the tent-pole D by means of the perforated collar g and the ropes p p; but this I only claim when the expanded and conical-shaped tent-cap C is used for the purpose of closing the open upper end of the said body of the tent, and when the shoulder upon the pole D is located in such a position that the upper end of said pole will support the said tent-cap C in substantially the same relative position as is represented in the accompanying drawings.

2. Passing the tent-cap guy-ropes h h through a series of eyelet-holes in the upper portion of the body of the tent to the belaying-buttons Z Z, that are secured to the sides of the tent-pole D for the purpose of enabling the said tent-cap to be'confined in any desired position, for the purposes herein set forth.

The above specification of my improved military tent signed by my this 2d day of August, 1861.

JOSEPH W. ELLIS. Witnesses:

Z. C. RoBBINs,

RANDOLPH COYLE, J r. 

